"Do you think so?"
"Certainly. Don't you?"
"Well, no. I haven't thought so; but I will look more closely. Are the lines there?"
"A few, but not so many as——"
"You had expected?"
"As I had hoped," he finished with a smile.
"Jane," I called, "the Doctor is disappointed not to find you wrinkled."
"Did he wish me to keep him in countenance?"
"Jane, you must learn to be respectful. The Doctor is older than you."
"I cannot learn such a lesson at my time of life. My pupils have respected me."